Design Time Attribute For CSS Class in ASP.net Custom Server Control

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Published on 2008-10-17T05:58:15Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 15:50 UTC
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Hopefully some Custom Control Designers/Builders can help

I'm attempting to build my first custom control that is essential a client detail collection form. There are to be a series of elements to this form that require various styles applied to them. Ideally I'd like the VS 2005/2008 properties interface to be able to apply the CSSClass as it does at the control level, i.e. with a dropdown list of available CSS Clases.

Take for example the Class to be applied to the legend tag

/// <summary>Css Class for Legend</summary>
[Category("Appearance")]
[Browsable(true)]
[DefaultValue("")]
//I am at a loss as to what goes in [Editor]
[Editor(System.Web.UI.CssStyleCollection), typeof(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor))]        
 public string LegendCSSClass
    {
        get { return _LegendCSSClass; }
        set { _LegendCSSClass = value; }
    }

I have tried a couple of options, as you can see from above, without much luck.

Hopefully there is something simple I am missing.

I'd also be happy for references pertaining to the

[Editor]
attribute

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